WEBVTT FROM STATELEADERS TODAY WHOSAY REPEALING IT MAY LEAD TOLARGER ISSUES.>> WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GOBACKWARDS,AND WE'RE HERE TOSEND A MESSAGE TODAY --MIKE: A MESSAGE SUPPORTERSHOPE CAN BEHEARD ALL THE WAYTO WASHINGTON.>> 30 MILLION AMERICANS ARERELYING UPON.MIKE:BUT EVEN AS PREMIUMS ONSOME PLANS CONTINUE TO WISETHE STATE'S TOP FISCALWATCHDOGS OPPOSEREPEALINGOBAMACARE.>> NEARLY LEGAL THREE QUARTERSOF A MILLION PENNSYLVANIANS,NEARLY HALFFROM RURAL AREASOF THE STATE, WILL LOSE THEHEALTH COVERAGE THEY NEED.>>DEPASQUALE IS TALKSPECIFICALLY ABOUT THEMEDICAID EXPANSION, WHICHEXTENDED IT COVERAGETO675,000 PENNSYLVANIANS.>> AND KICKING THEM OUT OF THEHEALTHCARE SYSTEM NOW WILLHAVE DIRE CONSEQUENCES ON THEHEALTH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALSAND THOSE FAMILIES, AND WILLHAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS ON RURALHOSPITALS AND THE PENNSYLVANIAECONOMY.MIKE: SINCE 2015, THE MEDICAIDEXPANSIONHAS PAID NEARLY$3 BILLION TO PENNSYLVANIA,MONEY THAT FUNDS HEALTHCAREJOBS AND KEEPSRURAL HOSPITALSOPEN.IF IT'S REPEALED, THOSE JOBSCOULD DISAPPEAR WITH IT.AND AS A FISCAL OFFICER OF THECOMMONWEALTH, I KNOW THAT THATLOSS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WILLRESULT INA LOSS OF REVENUES,BOTH AT THE STATE LEVEL AND ATTHE LOCALGOVERNMENT LEVEL.MIKE: "ON YOUR SIDE," MIKESTRAUB, NEWS 8.KIM: 65,000 PENNSYLVANIANSHAVEBEEN TREATED FOR OPIOD

As President Trump and supporters in Washington talk about repealing Obamacare, Pennsylvania's financial watchdogs are warning about the possible impact on our state's population. 8 On Your Side government reporter Mike Straub explains.